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Dave Marshall is suing Takeshi Yanase, CEO Fujifilm, and Nobuhiko Koshimizu, chairman, after they allegedly sacked him for being ‘too old’. The 59-year-old COO and MD of Fujifilm is set to leave the company in October after being ousted in July.

Sydney ‘for trade and reseller’ printing house Centrum Printing has launched 24-hour service during the week, thanks to its KBA Rapida 145 and 162 six-colour offset presses. The move helps Centrum keep up with demand, increase its capacity, and offer a faster turnaround for its clients.

Epson Australia has increased its partnership with Cartridges 4 Planet Ark. The company has moved from Retail Partner to Full Partner, the highest tier of involvement with the campaign. The program, now in its 14th year, recycles used printer cartridges for free, ensuring they stay out of landfill.

Textile and packaging printing are the two areas of print where safety must absolutely be considered from the very beginning of a project. Designers need to be aware of potential toxicities in inks and substrates particularly, writes Laurel Brunner.

For more than ten years, Foot Print in Mandurah used polyester plates from a DPX platesetter on its Heidelberg offset press. With those plates getting harder to find and the cost of disposing of the treatment chemicals rising, the small family printer needed an upgrade.

Roland DG will demonstrate the versatility of heat transfer at a series of hands-on workshops at Visual Impact Sydney next month. The workshops, which will be on every day at the expo, will focus mainly on process and workflow, says Greg Stone, product and marketing manager.

The combination of Amazon’s arrival in Australia and Anthony Pratt’s $2 billion investment in Visy spells good news for the local packaging sector, says Tim Woods in the latest issue of industry bible Pulp and Paper Edge. The report from IndustryEdge details how fibre packaging has grown.

Jossimo Print’s new Konica Minolta KM-1 digital press is running smoother than ever thanks to Alwan ColorHub software, now distributed in Australia by CMYKit. The B2 colour press, sold to Jossimo at PacPrint in May, has recently been coupled with Alwan’s colour server software.

Entries for Canon Australia’s first Océ Arizona Awards close next Friday September 29, and Canon is urging its Arizona customers to submit their best work before the deadline. Announced at PacPrint in May, the awards celebrate expertise and creativity.

Press Print’s Port Melbourne premises were buzzing last night as close to 200 people gathered at a special Open House event to celebrate the company’s latest investment, Australia’s first HP Indigo 12000 digital press, installed in June by Currie Group.

Sign and graphic supplier Pozitive has displayed a range of equipment at its offices in Eastern Creek, Sydney, in a showcase that includes the first swissQprint Nyala flatbed LED printer to reach Australian shores. The open day on Thursday September 21 attracted around 40 Pozitive clients.

Australian companies have joined hundreds of global corporations in removing misleading anti-print ‘greenwash’ claims after pressure from Two Sides – the lobby group promoting the sustainability of paper and print. 278 companies have now removed ‘greenwashing’ statements.

IVE Group has completed the $16.9 million retail section of its $55.6 million capital raising to fund the acquisition of SEMA and the purchase a second 80-page offset press for its Franklin WEB operation in Sydney.